Question

12 men can dig a pond in 8 days. How many men can dig it in 6 days?

Answer 1

Answer is 16…..

12 men take 8 days for digging a pond, so we use simple method to solve this problem.

We multiple the both things that is 12 and 8 then get 96 is the result which is equal to multiple of 6 days and ?Men then get 16 men

Explanation:

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Answer 2

It would be 16 men.

Explanation:

Let the number of men dig a pond in 6 day be x. Then,

It is a case of inverse variation.

12 × 8 = 6x

=> 96 = 6x

=> x = 96/6

=> x = 16

Hence, 16 men can dig a pond in 6 days.